Walden is a must read. Thoreau speaks to our times as much or more than his own. Alec Sand does an incredible job bringing the text to life. Thank you Alec for such a great performance with such an important book.

Just seemed like someone's thoughts being put on paper. Wasn't very organized train of thought so I didn't really enjoy or follow along with the points he was intending to make.

I very much enjoyed the story and the practicality of it. I did not particlarly enjoy how the narrator would reread segments over and over several times like a broken record. I don't know if it's intentional or if they're just trying to fill the minutes up. It was quite distracting.

Pleasantly surprised in so many ways! This book is fabulous. If you love nature, modest/provident living, stillness of mind - then this is a must read! Thoreau makes language dance!

Along these lines I highly recommend "Braiding Sweetgrass". If you love one, you'll love the other.

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The writing was great if somewhat antiquated understandably. The narration, wow. I don't know about you, but I don't like yelling. I felt like I was being yelled at half the time. It wasn't so the entire time, thank goodness, but man, in some parts it was delivered so forcibly it gave me anxiety. I'm not sure if he was directed or moved to do so, I had to turn the volume waaaaaay down to get through some parts.

The story got pretty monotonous in some parts, but the author does makes some beautiful points.

so much modern folk philosophy stared with this book. From environmentalism, to back-to-the-land-ers, to veganism. A must read for anyone wanting to understand contemporary society.

I can't say enough about this book. Truly it is worthy of worship. It expresses your deepest thoughts of meaning in the most eloquent way possible, ways you wouldn't even think were possible. Endlessly poetic. I recommend this as an audiobook because I imagine it would be sort of difficult to read, just based on the time it was written and some of the language that was used. I've listened to the same audiobook over the course of, now, 5 Separate solo road trips that I had to take for work, and constantly was finding myself pausing and writing down quotes I was hearing because they were so meaningful. Walden is my religious text.

Alec Sand makes me think I'm listening to Thoreau himself, describe his experience at Walden. I loved every minute of listening to this book and truly felt like I was there. I especially liked Alec's pronunciations of the animals sounds. I'm reviewing this book after listening to it for the 2nd time and I will probably listen to it many more times in the future.

Great book, and I personally enjoyed the narration. Economy is probably my favorite Chapter/Essay of all time but the entire book I found to be enjoyable.

Like I said, Economy is my favorite Chapter. Thoreau has a very subtle analysis of many contemporary situations that has led me to further investigate interactions in my own life. In his words I find echoes of other great philosophers applied to examine his life.

This was my first one, and I really enjoyed the sound of his voice.

Walden is a great book and this audiobook is a great introduction however it is very difficult to grasp everything Thoreau says in the first go round. If you haven't read Walden, give it a listen and then check out a copy from your library to go over the text a little more carefully to help grasp what Thoreau is saying at a pace that allows you to reflect on what he is trying to say.